First Union to Buy First Railroad in Georgia for 79 Million
First Union Corp agrees to acquire First Railroad & Banking Co of Georgia in a deal valued around 779 million including 1.08 Union shares per First Railroad share. Augusta based bank holding company assets 3.6 billion. Union assets 17.3 billion quarter ended March 31. Approval by directors.
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Charlotte
First Union Corp
First Railroad & Banking Co
Georgia
First Union
First Railroad
Augusta
First Bankers Corp
Florida
Georgia State Bankshares Inc
Hands Across America nears 28 million in donations
In Los Angeles AP reports Hands Across America has raised nearly 28 million dollars with 8.6 million in pledges for a 4152 mile hunger relief linkup. Organizers expect up to 50 million as crowds form along the route from Newark to Long Beach with 1.5 million people in separate lines in non main states.
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Los Angeles
America
WLS
Newark
Mite Ba ‘Park
Queen Mary
Long Beach
Kragen
Dunham Receives 25000 American Dance Festival Award
Katherine Dunham, choreographer and founder of a leading dance school in New York, is awarded the 25000 dollar Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award. The Dunham School of Dance helped shape American black dance from 1945 to 1955 and her company toured Europe in the 1950s.
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Durham
N.C
Katherine Dunham
Lack Dance
Dunham School of Dance
New York
Europe
Dunham
Charles Reinhart
University of Chicago
Haiti
Man pleads guilty in 1983 fireworks explosion case
Patrick John Gleason 32 of Tioga Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in U S District Court to transporting M 80 and M 100 explosives in interstate commerce from Polk County to Mansfield Pennsylvania. The plea calls for cooperation in exchange for a suspended sentence fine and probation. a conspiracy count will be dropped.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
Patrick John Gleason
Tioga
U.S. District Court
Polk County
Mansfield
Gleason
U.S
John Cook
Wedding Night Emergency Appendectomy Stuns Bridegroom
Lamberyin Minnesota AP reports hospital nurses rushed to Randy Tordsen's wedding night after severe stomach pains on his wedding day. He underwent an emergency appendectomy, turning his nuptials into a hospital stay.
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Lamberyin, Minn
Randy Tordsen
Aiken Areas Named for EIA Test Program
Staff and wire reports note a state report blames leadership gaps in two severely impaired South Carolina districts, with nine districts invited to pilot principal incentive programs under the Education Improvement Act. Committees urge 86 steps to improve administration and facilities, with Sept plan submissions and potential state takeover if unsatisfied. The report also compares adult education costs, citing South Carolina serving 69,866 adults at 75.13 per pupil versus North Carolina's 77,590 at 214.46.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Slarendon
McCormick County
State
North Carolina
Teen Splits D B Cooper Loot in Oklahoma City Suburb
Portland AP report details 14 year old Brian Ingram of El Reno Oklahoma who found about 6000 dollars of the D B Cooper ransom money six years earlier on a Vancouver Washington beach. Under a federal order he must share with Globe Indemnity Co and plans to sell his bills as souvenirs to fund college and a possible farmhouse.
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Portland
Ure
D.B
Cooper
Brian Ingram
el Reno
Okla
Ingram
Vancouver
Wash
FBI
Brian
Globe Indemnity Co
Northwest Orient Airlines
Dan Cooper
Northwest Orient
Stephen P. Rickles
Globe Indemnity
Oklahoma City
Abortion foes vow to press on after high court ruling
Washington AP report notes the Supreme Court’s 5-4 affirmation of a woman's right to end pregnancy fuels the abortion fight. Administration and opponents promise continued pressure despite deep justice split.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Hhe
Pennsylvania
Charles Fried
Reagan Supports New Space Shuttle
President Reagan said the United States should go forward with a replacement for the Challenger while reviewing the Rogers commission report. He cited complacency from NASA's success, debated funding, and possible use of unmanned rockets for satellites. Reagan also praised Gorbachev and discussed SALT II considerations.
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Washington
Reagan
NASA
Rogers Commission
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Senate Defeats IRA Amendments and Advances Tax Reform
The Senate defeats amendments to restore full IRA deductions while advancing the tax reform bill. President Reagan hails the measure as a strong poverty and family program, and critics argue restoring IRAs for all would undermine reform goals.
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Senate
Washington
Bob Packwood
R-Ove
Senate Finance Committee
Reagan
Bill Bradley
D-N.j
Aiken Standard Contact and Office Hours Info
Aiken Standard lists subscription and classified ad phone numbers 649-5316 649-1555 and news tips line 648-2311. Customer service hours are 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Sunday with an office at 124 Rutland Drive open 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Mailing address is Box 456 Aiken SC 29802.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken, S.C
Aiken Fire
Aiken Police
Emerg
HCA
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Jackson Poli
New Ellenton
New Holland
North Augusta
Aiken Communications Inc
P.O
Aiken
S.C
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